Drive Across Northern Germany - July 2015
In July 2015, Luther M. and I flew from DFW directly to Frankfurt, Germany to meet up visit people in Nienberg and in Kiel. We were to meet up with Axel Schumann in Kiel, but first we had to drive in the hard rain from Frankfurt up to Nienberg. We were told it was a 4-hour drive but we made it in only 6 hours. We did not drive Autobahn speeds for too long and we were tired and sleepy from flying all night.
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It was a long hard drive from Frankfurt to Nienberg, with rain during much of the drive. We should have flow to Hanover and got a car there, but did not. Luther drove 180 kph at one point (only about 90 mph) and cars were passing us up. Those Germans have some mighty fine BMWs, Audis, Mercedes, and Porches. I also had a minor accident, scraping a fender after I fell asleep in some stop and go traffic. We were lucky that we were
not moving!
On the Baltic Coast
We then drove from Nienberg up to Kiel, a ship building town on the Baltic Sea. I have been there on other trips.
It was also very pleasant, cool and with a few showers. Axel and I met up with Ruediger Evers there for dinner and work the next day
Good Food
We ate at a Movenpick or some such place on the drive up to Kiel and I got some good Rosti’s. I also had a good wiener schnitzel plate, a sausage dinner, apple strudel and some good German beers.
